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'The Fallen' of Prior Park College in Wartime Conflicts ‘The Fallen’ of Prior Park College in Wartime Conflicts Introduction In the heart of Prior Park College is the Chapel, Our Lady of the Snows. Therein hangs the plaque to commemorate those who lost their lives during the Second World War. The designer and carver of the Memorial, Mr Hugh R Burt, spent twenty years of his early life in South Africa, where he was engaged in works of national importance, including the Rhodes Memorial and the carving of the whole of the ornamental decoration in the then new debating chamber of the Union Parliament in Cape Town. Back in England again he was entrusted with high class work for many eminent architects, including Sir Herbert Baker and Sir Edwin Lutyens. One of his most recent works was the carving of the Angel Cresting for the St James' Chapel in Exeter Cathedral, and the designing and carving of the ornamental work on the recently dedicated oak pulpit in the same Cathedral. (Gossip Bowl Dec 1952) Thousands of children, parents, teachers, visitors and alumni have walked past this plaque and maybe never looked up, never seen the faces that belong to these names, myself included until one day. Standing gazing up at the list of names, hearing the echoes of the Remembrance Day cry of “we shall remember them” I felt it was important to make these names real for all the Chapel visitors. Page | 1 All the information has been gathered from old magazines, obituaries, Commonwealth Graves Commission and searches on the internet. These boys were like any class of students, some academic, some sporty, some slipping under the radar completely. The research is not complete and there are three issues missing of the Second World War period. Still looking for: Dec 1939, Dec 1941 and July 1943 The new archive site: http://priorparkcollege- heritage.daisy.websds.net/ has helped to see their faces and hear their stories. As missing magazines appear so does more of the story. Quote from SLOAN entry: “Bob Sloan is a name not likely to be soon forgotten at his school, by the Old Boys or by those who were privileged to be called his friends.” Hopefully, now all the lost boys will be remembered again and for the years to come. Booklet compiled by Carole Laverick on behalf of the Prior Park Alumni – updated October 2020. Additional Researchers: Vivian Gallaher (Class of 1968) Simon Beck (Class of 1969) Paul Kemp (Class of 1977) David Grant ( Class of 1980) Michael White Martin Milling Peter Wood (St Joseph’s College, London) Page | 2 Contents: Introduction 1 PRE-BOER WAR Name Date of Age at Memorial Page Death Death HAROLD- 1895 26 South Africa BARRY, William 6 WORLD WAR ONE Introduction 9 Campaign Medals 14 Map of Fallen 15 BRANIGAN, 9 DEC 1920 33 Timperley, Christ Francis Patrick Church Cheshire 16 BRENNAN, 9 JUN 1917 32 Tyne Cot Memorial James Francis 17 BUSH, Allan unknown 19 COFFEY, 22 MAY 1916 25 Twelve Tree Copse William Cemetery, Turkey 20 GALE, Ralph 26 MAR 1918 35 Fosse No 10 Communal Goulstone Cemetery Ext, Sains- en-Gohelle 26 GOLDING, 27 SEP 1917 37 West Vlaanderen, Thomas James Belgium 30 LEIGH, 10 SEP 1918 51 Epsom Cemetery, grave Benjamin K99 Hilton 35 MANKELOW, 14 MAY 1915 27 Saint Vaast Post Archibald Military Cemetery, Henry Richebourg-L’A 37 SPANISH CIVIL WAR FROIS, Jose 1939 unknown and BERGE Felipe 45 Page | 3 WORLD WAR TWO Introduction 47 Peacetime Memories from 1946 50 Prior Park Platoon 57 1934 Rugby Photo 58 Map of Fallen 60 Campaign Medals 61 Death Date Age at Memorial Death DE FREITAS, 20 DEC 1941 Clifford Alamein Memorial, Wilfrid A A CWGC 26 Egypt 03 MAR 1942 GB 63 DIAS, Peter V 20 APR 1945 Baines East Lothian 20 67 EDWARDS, 04 JAN 1942 Brownlow Midsomer Norton Lance Franklin 22 70 FORDE, 16 FEB 1944 Clifford Runnymede Memorial Edward C 27 73 FOSTER, 04 OCT 1944 Brownlow Singapore Memorial William Patrick 27 79 FOX, Peter W 09 JAN 1940 26 Karachi War Cemetery 82 GORDON- 14 JUN 1941 55 Chatham Naval CANNING, Memorial Cecil James 86 GROVES, 29 JLY 1943 Baines Tower Hill Memorial Joseph Lewis 18 89 KING, Cecil P 17 APR 1943 Baines Runnymede War 23 Memorial 94 LEE, Maurice 31 DEC 1940 Baines St Mary’s Cemetery in W 21 Cray 99 LUNDON, 06 JUN 1942 Baines Kilcrumper Cemetery, William 19 Ireland Edward 10 MAHONY, 29 MAY Clifford Dunkirk Memorial Alfred A J 1940 22 109 MINCH, John 8 NOV 1942 52 Delhi War Cemetery Berchman 113 O'BRIEN, John 22 JUN 1941 30 Alamein Memorial, P Egypt 120 O'REILLY, 10 JLY 1941 Brownlow Boulogne Memorial Lawrence B 23 127 OSBORNE, 15 JLY 1940 23 Cairo Ralph J 130 Page | 4 PEDRAZZINI, 18 JUN 1944 37 Brookwood Military John Cemetery Constantine 134 PIKE, Geoffrey 03 MAR Brownlow Runnymede Memorial Peter 1940 27 138 ROSE, Peter 26 JUN Clifford Runnymede Memorial Cecil 1942 20 141 RYAN, Bernard 30 MAR 38 Portsmouth Naval Thomas 1944 Memorial 144 SHEIL, William 29 APR 1945 65 Reichswald Forest War Anthony Cemetery 148 SLOAN, Robert 17 JAN 1941 Clifford Upavon Cemetery W 26 151 SULLIVAN, 20 FEB 33 Runnymede Memorial Robert D 1944 157 TODD, George 01 JLY 1945 32 Japanese POW Richard (brother to Todd, T. F) 163 TODD, Thomas 1 DEC 1939 31 Mont Huon Military Francis Cemetery, Le Trepot 171 WARD, 23 JUN 1943 Baines Kanchanaburi War Bernard Harry 24 Cemetery, Thailand 180 WILLIAMS, 12 JAN 1945 Baines Taukkyan War James D 27 Cemetery, Burma 185 A Boys Wartime Experience 200 Admiralty 4 Prior Park Auxillary Patrol 203 The Fallen Memorial 208 Background details of life at Prior in WW2 209 Chapter 10 from The Phoenix Father Peter Cornwell 216 Poem by Christina Rosetti 229 KEY to photos Denotes died Denotes a brother to one during the war who died in war The ghostly image on each page is Robert Sloan. Page | 5 William HAROLD-BARRY Date of 1870 Place of Ballyvonare, Co Cork Birth Birth Class of 1887 Medals Date of 1895 Place of Jameson Raid, South Death Death Africa Age at Death 26 Memorial Ref Regiment Service Number Service Prelude to the Boer War Siblings at Harold Philip Rev Edward John A Harold-Barry Prior Harold-Barry Harold-Barry (1886) (1884) (1879) Married Children School 1881 Additional David Grant census researcher His brother in 1884 cricket team photo featured in 1930 magazine Page | 6 Gossip Bowl 1944: MR. HAROLD P. HAROLD-BARRY – Obituary Harold Philip Harold-Barry, the eldest son of John Harold-Barry, J.P., D.L., was born at Ballyvonare, Buttevant, Co. Cork, in 1865. He was one of four brothers at Prior Park, one of whom is Rev.Edward Harold-Barry C.J., Weybridge ; his years were from 1879 to and he was often heard, in later life, to speak with evidently sincere affection of his school-days. During this time he proved a useful medium bowler, though his undoubted prowess at cricket was overshadowed by that of his brother William (afterwards killed in the Jameson Raid), who achieved an innings of 200 not out in a match against the Priests and Divines (1887) ! On leaving school, Harold devoted himself to the management of his father's estate, to which he succeeded in 1898. He kept up his sporting activities ; he remained a keen cricketer, rode well to hounds, and was no mean shot. He married Helen Riddell, of Hermeston Hall, Worksop, Notts. There were seven children of the marriage : four boys and three girls. The eldest son was killed in the last war. Harold's youngest daughter is married to Lieut.-Commander W. Esmond, R.N., the brother of Eugene Esmond, V.C. His life may be summed up by saying that he had a real good innings and always played with a straight bat. He passed away at his old home on November 17th, 1944, fortified with all the rites of our Holy Mother the Church. Wikipedia Research: The Jameson Raid (29 December 1895 – 2 January 1896) was a botched raid against the South African Republic (commonly known as the Transvaal) carried out by British colonial statesman Leander Starr Jameson and his Company troops ("police" in the employ of Beit and Rhodes' British South Africa Company) and Bechuanaland policemen over the New Year weekend of 1895–96. Paul Kruger was president of the republic at the time. The raid was intended to trigger an uprising by the primarily British expatriate workers (known as Uitlanders) in the Transvaal but failed to do so. The workers were called the Johannesburg conspirators. They were expected to recruit an army and prepare for an insurrection. The raid was ineffective and no uprising took place, but it was an inciting factor in the Second Boer War and the Second Matabele War. "The Press Association is informed by the British South Africa Co. that they have been advised by cable from Cape Town that Captain W H Barry, who was seriously wounded while with Dr Jameson's expedition in the Krugersdorp fight, died during the night of the 1st of February, and that his funeral was fixed for yesterday (the 3rd instant). Captain Barry was an Irishman, and was the son of a gentleman well- known in the South of Ireland - namely, Mr J Harold Barry, of Page | 7 Ballyvonare." Freeman's Journal, Wednesday 5th February 1896 Harold P Harold-Barry married Helen Riddell and it was his brother, William that was killed in the raid. In the College Chapel there is a column that has the Riddell clan motto on the top – could this be in his memory? Page | 8 First World War The College closed between 1904 and 1924 and during the WW1 period the College was used as a training ground for Somerset Light Infantry.
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